The jacket is the transliteration of English jacket, it is the general name of the short coat which both men and women can wear. Jacket is the most common in modern life of a clothing, because it is lightweight, lively, vibrant, so for the vast number of young men and women love. Jackets evolved from medieval men's short jackets made of Jack's coarse cloth. Jack, 15th century, has a bulging sleeve, but this sleeve is a decoration, the arm does not go through it, pull on the clothes. By 16th century, the man's next dress was longer than Jack, tied up with straps, forming a tuck around the body, and entering the 20th century, the man's jacket was opened from the bottom of the stomach, with a decorative clasp on the cuff and a hem with a button fastened to the upper part of the hip. Women, then, like the hunting of women riding in the 18th century, became a fitted jacket, and after a variety of changes, they have been developed to the present, with almost all the world's jackets. However, as has been documented historically, women have really begun to wear a large number of jackets, entering the 20th century.

Since the formation of jackets, style evolution can be said to be a mix of different times, different political, economic environment, different occasions, characters, age, occupation and so on, the shape of the jacket has a great impact. In the history of world costume, jackets have developed into a very large family. If you divide the jacket from its function, it can be summed up in three categories: a jacket as a smock; a jacket for casual wear; In modern life, the lightweight and comfortable jacket determines its vitality. With the rapid development of modern science and technology, the continuous improvement of people's material life, the change of clothing fabrics, jackets must be similar to other types of clothing styles, with a more novel posture active in the world of the costumes of all nationalities.